LORD CORNWALLIS Charleston South Carolina SC history historical marker
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Jason O. Watson / historical-markers.org / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3352 x 5028 px | 28.4 x 42.6 cm | 11.2 x 16.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
31 December 2007Location:
120 Charleston Blvd., Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States of AmericaMore information:
LORD CORNWALLIS Major General Charles Cornwallis established a brigade headquarters not far from this site on or around June 19, 1776. His brigade was part of a British army under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, which had occupied this island as a staging point for attacking the palmetto log fort on Sullivan's Island. This was Cornwallis's first major command in America. (Continued on other side) Erected 2005, replacing a marker erected in 1972 by the South Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution
